
$50 Million Metro Denver Impact Facility Launches to Create Affordable Housing
LAKEWOOD – In an effort to address metro Denver’s lack of affordable housing, FirstBank, Colorado Health Foundation (CHF), The Denver Foundation (TDF), Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) and local nonprofit Urban Land Conservancy (ULC), have launched the Metro Denver Impact Facility (MDIF). This revolving loan capital will grow to …

Fort Collins Senior Housing Complex Launches Renovation with Wall Breaking Ceremony
FORT COLLINS – The DMA Plaza apartment complex, located at 300 Remington Street, that provides low income-affordable housing to seniors in Fort Collins, recently launched its new renovation project with a Wall Breaking Ceremony. DMA Board President Mike Sollenberger, Building Administrator Lori French, City Councilman Ray Martinez as well as Brinkman COO Mark Christensen …

City of Boulder Creates Area Plan for Alpine-Balsam Site
By Katie Rapone The City of Boulder is currently working with the community to develop an area plan for the Alpine-Balsam site in Boulder, the former site of Boulder Community Health Broadway Campus. In December 2015, the city purchased the 8.8-acres of property — that sits along the broadway corridor, north …

MEP to Provide Engineering Services for New Lakewood Apartments
LAKEWOOD – MEP Engineering (MEP) has been selected to provide engineering design services for a new apartment community at 9998 W. Jewell Ave. The firm will work with developer Metro West Housing Solutions and Studio 646 Architecture on a four-building apartment complex called Sage Corner — formerly known as Indigo, Lakewood. The buildings, totaling approximately 44,200 square feet, with …

Groundbreaking: TOD Development in Denver’s Sunnyside Neighborhood
DENVER – Construction has begun on a $123 million project called Zia Sunnyside, an affordably-priced residential and retail development planned for Denver’s Sunnyside neighborhood. A collaboration between Confluence Companies and Craine Architecture will provide 434 residential units, with 314 for-rent apartments and 120 for-sale condos, on 2.3 acres, next to the 41st and Fox …

Groundbreaking: Workforce/Affordable Housing Development in Keystone
KEYSTONE, CO — The Village of Wintergreen, a new workforce/affordable housing project, broke ground this month in Keystone. The 196-unit workforce housing project is located at 21771 U.S. Highway 6. in the heart of Keystone in Summit County and will be a mixed income, workforce housing community, offering a number of housing …

Denver’s Elyria-Swansea Neighborhood to Receive $2M Grant for Affordable Housing
DENVER — The Colorado Department of Transportation has awarded a $2 million grant to the Globeville, Elyria-Swansea (GES) Affordable Housing Collaborative to support affordable housing in Denver’s Elyria-Swansea neighborhood. Brothers Redevelopment Group, the Globeville, Elyria-Swansea (GES) Coalition, Colorado Community Land Trust (CCLT) are all supporting the GES community in its efforts. This grant, one …

Groundbreaking: Tammen Hall Redevelopment
DENVER — The Tammen Hall redevelopment project broke ground yesterday on the Saint Joseph Hospital campus in Denver’s City Park West neighborhood. MGL Partners and Solvera Advisors LLC will develop the project, with The Neenan Company serving as the design-build partner for the renovation of the historic landmark. In the midst …

Affordable Housing Architecture Firm Retains Top Talent by Promoting from Within
DENVER — ej architecture, a metro-Denver architecture and planning firm, recently expanded its leadership team with the promotion of Raul Gardea-Flores, AIA associate, to project manager. Employee retention at a small, boutique firm like ej architecture is paramount to support the firm’s ethos to provide consistency, diversity, and accessibility for …

Marcus & Millichap Denver Participates in Habitat for Humanity
DENVER— On May 12, 13 employees of Marcus & Millichap’s Denver office, including Regional Manager Bob Kaplan, participated in a volunteer day benefiting Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization that helps families build and improve places to call home. Sheridan Square will be the largest development in Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver’s history. Located …